Ross carbonite - Minime; Mediamanager; Multiviewer; Clean Feed Output

Table 1: Half ME vs. Full ME Comparison
Full MEHalf ME
YesNoMiniME
™
YesNoMultiScreen
Yes (if frame
supports it)
NoFloating FSFCs
42Keyers
Auto Select, Self
Key, Chroma
Auto Select and
Self Key
Key Types
Key, and DVE
Key
Dissolve, Cut,
Wipe, DVE, and
MediaWipe
Dissolve, Cut,
and MediaWipe
Transition Types
YesNoPattern Mask
MiniME
™
The MiniME
™
is an additional ME that is provided with
the switcher to perform basic dissolves and cuts. Each
MiniME
™
has 2 keyer, background, and preset buses.
Unlike a full ME, the MiniME
™
only supports dissolves
and cuts, restricts key 1 to DVE keys only, and has no
preview output. Key 2 on a MiniME
™
is the same as an
ME keyer. The MiniME
™
shares all the same sources as
the ME.
MediaManager
The MediaManager allows you to easily manage stills
and animations on the switcher in a graphics interface.
MultiViewer
All Carbonite switchers come standard with two
broadcast-quality integrated MultiViewer generators.
Each MultiViewer generator allows you to view up to
16 video sources, in 32 different layouts, from a single
output BNC. Any video source on the switcher, including
ME 1 and ME 2 Program, Preview, and Media-Store
channels, can be assigned to any box on the MultiViewer
output. All boxes on the MultiViewer output include
mnemonic source names and red and green tallies.
Note: If the switcher is operating in 3G video mode, the number
of video sources and layouts is reduced.
Figure 1: HD Layouts
If the switcher is operating in a standard-denition video
format, the MultiViewer can be set to output
high-denition. In HD output mode, the MultiViewer is
only available on specic output BNCs and only supports
29 different layouts.
Figure 2: HD in SD Layouts (480i 4:3)
Clean Feed Output
Clean feed is typically used for bilingual and live-to-tape
productions. It provides a second Program output that is
derived from a different location than the standard
program output. A frequent application is the recording
of shows for later airing without call-in phone numbers
inserted.
The clean feed output can come from before or between
the keyers.
KEY 1 KEY 2
PGM/
PST
KEY 3 PGM
CLEAN
FEED
KEY 4
10 • Features — Carbonite Operation Manual (v10.1)